Throughout the 2017 Glimm Memorial NCAA Pool, Gootshot lingered near the top of the leaderboard. Round after round, Patrick Gerrity’s bracket turned in solid performances – but not quite good enough to take over first place. Until now.
With UNC’s win over Gonzaga in the championship game, Gerrity leapfrogged Diane Otter’s Olives bracket – moving into first place, and dashing the chances of an Otter Sandwich.
Gerrity, a second-time Glimmer, is your 2017 Glimm champion.
Had Gonzaga won, Otter would have stayed in first place and become the first ever Glimm champion to finish in both first and last in the same year (aka the Otter Sandwich). Instead, she slipped to third place, behind Gerrity and Jeremy Berg, who also picked UNC to win it all.
Berg finished just one point behind Gerrity.
The most excitement, though, came in the battle for The Orlov, the Glimm prize that honors the middle-of-the-pack finisher. With 263 entries in the Glimm, the Orlov goes to the person finishing in 131st place. Arthur Whang and Brian Martin were tied for 131st, but Whang won the tie breaker.
The Glimm Memorial Scholarship, given to the top finishing relative of Mrs. Glimm, goes to Rob Fais, Mrs. Glimm‘s nephew (or maybe great nephew?), who finished in 23rd place. Mrs. Glimm herself finished 87th. (NOTE: Glimm family members, please correct me if I missed someone). Robert gets a free entry into next year’s Glimm.
The biggest loser? Torey Van Oot, who guaranteed victory before the brackets were even released. Torey’s KingKirby bracket finished in 155th place, nowhere near the leaderboard.
Final winners:
Champion: Patrick Gerrity, gootshot
Runner up: Jeremy Berg, Hodor Lives 4
Third place: Diane Otter, olives
The Orlov: Arthur Whang, Arthur 2
Glimm Scholarship: Robert Fais, Marathon Rob
Pity Finisher: Diane Otter, mom/olives
The Final Leaderboard (final standings here):
| Rk | Entry Name | Score | Upset Pts | Poss | Pick Pct. | Champion |
| 1 | gootshot | 140.5 | 12.5 | 156.5 | 76.2% | UNC |
| 2 | Hodor Lives 4 | 139.5 | 16.5 | 155.5 | 76.2% | UNC |
| 3 | olives | 131.5 | 9.5 | 147.5 | 77.8% | Zaga |
| 4 | Bowman GHBM 2 | 128.5 | 14.5 | 144.5 | 71.4% | UNC |
| 5 | Audrey Rosenberg | 128.0 | 15.0 | 144.0 | 68.3% | UNC |
| 6 | “big league” | 121.5 | 11.5 | 137.5 | 66.7% | UNC |
| 7 | Heels, Don’t Break My Heart Again 1 | 121.0 | 2.0 | 137.0 | 69.8% | UNC |
| 8 | Googootz 2 | 118.0 | 15.0 | 118.0 | 69.8% | Ore |
| 8 | It’sSaraFrazier | 118.0 | 8.0 | 134.0 | 74.6% | UNC |
| 8 | MoMo | 118.0 | 19.0 | 134.0 | 69.8% | UNC |